If Momma Was Married, We Could See GYPSY!
Mona Swain as Gypsy Rose Lee (center) and company in Gypsy: A Musical Fable at Skylight Music Theatre. Photo credit: Mark Frohna. A review of Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Benjamin Earnest, age 14 All that work and what did it get her? A wonderful musical that you should see at the Skylight Music Theatre. Gypsy: A Musical Fable follows Mama Rose and her girls, June and Louise, as they try to find theaters at which to perform their vaudeville act. In these shows, June is always th
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Finding Direction and Moving Forward
Suze Falk as Dot (left) and Jack Anderson as George (right) in Sunday in the Park with George at Lake Country Playhouse. Photo credit: Marie Helser Photography. A review of Sunday in the Park with George by Charlie Fetters, age 16 Georges Seurat was a revolutionary artist in late-nineteenth century Paris, who served as a primary foundational member of the Neo-Impressionism movement. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, his magnum opus, captures the complexity
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This Show Brought its Sunday Best!
Tanya Stewart as Old Lady (left) and Emily Keiner as Nurse (right) in Sunday in the Park with George at Lake Country Playhouse. Photo credit: Marie Helser Photography. A review of Sunday in the Park with George by Maximus Handziak, age 14 Sunday in the Park with George is a Stephen Sondheim musical written in 1984. The show is based on the true story of Georges Seurat, a French pointillist painter, played by Jack Anderson in Lake Country Playhouse’s production. The plot is ba
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Review Over Buffalo
Tony Davis as George Hay (left) and Marty Alivo as Paul (right) in Moon Over Buffalo at Waukesha Civic Theatre. Photo credit: Anne Kenny Creative. A review of Moon Over Buffalo by Lulu Berthold, age 12 Moon Over Buffalo is a story about a married couple named George and Charlotte Hay. Both of them are actors, but Charlotte is more on-screen while George is more on-stage. Eventually they realize they are running out of money… but famous casting director Frank Capra is coming t
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I Had a Dream (But Then I Saw MAMMA MIA! So I Gotta Find a New One)
From left to right, Jalynn Steele as Tanya, Carly Sakolove as Rosie, and Jessica Crouch as Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! 25th Anniversary Tour, performing at the Marcus Performing Arts Center through September 27, 2026. Photo credit: Joan Marcus. A review of Mamma Mia! by DevinReigh Endries, age 15 Mamma Mia! is a show that has been touring for decades and selling out theaters across the world, and I was lucky enough to see the current tour stop at Marcus Performing Arts Cente
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A Show Worth Your Money Money Money: MAMMA MIA! at the Marcus Center
From left to right, Lena Owens as Lisa, Juliette M. Ojeda as Sophie Sheridan, and Maddie Garbaty as Ali in Mamma Mia! 25th Anniversary Tour, performing at the Marcus Performing Arts Center through September 27, 2026. Photo credit: Joan Marcus. A review of Mamma Mia! by Addy Betz, age 16 Mamma Mia! A show that guarantees fun, laughter, and comedy, the 25th Anniversary Tour, which I saw at the Marcus Performing Arts Center, delivers all three with ease. This production is a be
Sep 263 min read
MOON OVER BUFFALO: A One-Day Whirlwind Comedy
Tony Davis as George Hay (left) and Tanya Tranberg as Charlotte Hay (right) in Moon Over Buffalo at Waukesha Civic Theatre. Photo credit: Anne Kenny Creative. A review of Moon Over Buffalo by Dominic B., age 14 Moon Over Buffalo, written by Ken Ludwig and now playing at Waukesha Civic Theatre, is a play full of comedy and romance. It centers around George (Tony Davis) and Charlotte Hay (Tanya Tranberg), who were once an up-and-coming Broadway duo, but now have fallen out of t
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